Dr. Dohar came to Santa Clara as a part-time lecturer in 2002, and since 2004, has been lecturing full-time in Religious Studies. He also teaches in the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries. Read the full profile »

Elizabeth Drescher, PhD is Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Pastoral Ministry at Santa Clara University. She holds a PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and an MA in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology from Duquesne University. Read the full profile »

Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD teaches in the Pastoral Ministries program at Santa Clara University and directs the Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA. Read the full profile »

Dr. Lucinda A. Nolan is assistant professor of Religious Education and Catechesis at the Catholic University of America where she teaches courses in history of catechesis, adult faith formation and youth ministry. Read the full profile »

Dr. Parrella is long-known at Santa Clara for excellence in teaching. His professional interests include the work of the great Protestant theologian Paul Tillich, Christian eschatology, and the theology of marriage. Read the full profile »

Dr. Pleins earned all of his degrees from the University of Michigan, with a B.A. in Philosophy (1980), an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies in 1987. Read the full profile »

Dr. St. Louis is the Founder and Director of The California Institute for Sexual Recovery in San Francisco and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy in San Francisco and Santa Clara. Read the full profile »

Faculty Profile

Gary Macy, Ph.D.

Dr. Macy earned undergraduate and a master's degrees from Marquette University before earning a doctoral degree in historical theology from Cambridge University.